K1 position in filter

[chill]

Hi all , im setting up a new pond, I've had a 4 bay kockney koi filter for tge needs pond . I've got brushes and plenty and of k1 from the old filter , I believe k1 is usual positioned at the end off a filter , I was planing on having one chamber brushes , one chamber foam and 2 Chambers k1 , my question is can I make the first chamber k1 so I can use the filter flow to fluidis it , then brushes 2nd chamber , foam chamber 3, static k1 chamber 4 and then back to the pond , what is the down side off biolgical filtration with the fluidised bed first

Many thanks

 

[GBBUDD]

Sorry mate i can only guess your foam should be the mechanical that grabs the heavy particles . the brushes can go both ways they can be a area for bacteria to grow on or they can be a filter grabbing the big stuff. and the k1 is now used in the tempest as a polisher.

so for me i'd do brushes to grab the big stuff the foam to grab the little and the k1 to finish it off as a biological filter and polisher

 

[chill]

Sorry mate i can only guess your foam should be the mechanical that grabs the heavy particles . the brushes can go both ways they can be a area for bacteria to grow on or they can be a filter grabbing the big stuff. and the k1 is now used in the tempest as a polisher.

so for me i'd do brushes to grab the big stuff the foam to grab the little and the k1 to finish it off as a biological filter and polisher

Do you think the 2 bays off k1 at the end off the filter would be efficient enough if left static , or is it worth the extra expense off an air pump to fluidise it ?

 

[GBBUDD]

That works both ways fluidizing it makes for better bacterial growth yet it's terrible at mechanicling .

No air and it's reversed

 

[Lisak1]

Are you two speaking English, or...

 

[GBBUDD]

i talk Gb, and direct, the spelling you have to decipher

 

[Lisak1]

Oh I speak GB... it's all the K1, 2 bays static brush business that lost me!

Carry on!